Marijuana Information

Effects of Marijuana on Youth

• Nearly half of Okanogan County 10th graders that use marijuana are at risk of academic failure.  (Source: 2012 Healthy Youth Survey) 
  Link to HYS

• Regular marijuana users who start using as teens can suffer a drop of 8 IQ points that are never recovered.  (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 
  Link to NIDA Article 

• One in four teens who use marijuana will develop dependence on that or other drugs. Furthermore, marijuana is the most common substance identified by youth in treatment.  (Source: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, SAMHSA/TEDS) 
  Link to Wa State TEDS Data 2012

• 97% of heroin and meth addicts using the syringe exchange in Okanogan County name marijuana (over tobacco and alcohol) as the first substance they ever used.  (Source: Okanogan County Public Health)

• There are only three Liquor Control Board officers assigned to Okanogan, Chelan, and Douglas Counties to enforce recreational marijuana business rules, including ensuring that security measures are in place.  (Source: Washington State Liquor Control Board)

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